Cowtail garter



Dec. 28, 1937. M JAMBA I 2,103,584

COWTAIL GARTER Filed March 12, 1936 Invenlor 1 v M M a g '5 A llorneys Patented Dec. 28, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention may be termed a cow tail garter, the object of the invention being the provision of means for holding a cows tail against swishing and which can be used not only at milk- The invention together with its objects and ad- V vantages will be best understood from a study 15 of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application of the invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the invention. 20 Figure 3 is a perspective view of one end portion of the device, and

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on a plane midway between and paralleling the upper and lower edges of the strap and showing the 25 manner of closing the loop, at one end of the device. i

In accordance with the present invention the garter is preferably constructed from a single length of elastic material, and this strip, indi- 30 dicated by the reference numeral 5 may be of any suitable length and width.

On each end of the strip 5 there is provided a hook 6.

The hook 6 may be of any suitable structure 35 and may be applied in any suitable manner to an end of the strip 5. However in the present instance each hook is illustrated as being formed from a single blank of metal or the like bent into a substantial U with one side of the U formed 40 with integral wings 1 adapted to be bent inwardly toward one another to provide with the adjacent side of the hook a sleeve in which one end of the strip 5 is clinched. In this connection as clearly shown in Figure 4 it is preferable to 45 have an end of the strip 5 extend beyond the inner end of the sleeve 1 and within the bight of the U to provide an anti-slipping surface and as indicated at 8.

For each of the hooks 6 there is also provided on the strip 5 a keeper loop 9 which is easily shiftable longitudinally of the strip.

Further the strip 5 is provided adjacent each end thereof with an adjustment frame or slide 5 It! in a manner as clearly shown in Figure 3 which slide ID will serve to hold the loop 9 at the desired adjustment and will be used in an obvious manner for increasing or decreasing the size of the loops II and I2. 10

From the above therefore it will be seen that with this device a relatively large loop Il may be provided for securing the device on the leg of the cow l3 at the desired location and as suggested in Figure 1 while a smaller loop I2 is provided to engage the tail M of the cow preferably below the tail bone so as not to in anywise interfere with proper circulation.

As is thought apparent, in applying the device one end portion of the strip 5 forming the loop associated with this last named end of the strip is engaged with its keeper loop 9 thus forming the loop l2 which embraces the cows tail. When 7 thus applied the cow will be prevented from swishing her tail toany material extent.

Due to the elastic nature of the strip 5 it will be seen that the device will in nowise interfere with the expansion and contraction of the muscles of the leg and thus the device may be worn at all times without inconvenience to the cow.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

As a new article of manufacture, an elastic strip, hooks on the respective opposite ends of said strip, a pair of slide frames on the strip through which opposite end portions of the strip are doubled back to form loops, and keeper loops confined on the strip through the medium of said slides, and said hooks being engageable with said keeper loops as and for the purpose specified.

MICHAEL J ALM'BA. 

